U.K. Designates World’s Largest Marine Reserve
01.04.2010 by chagosadminPress Release
LONDON — Secretary of State David Miliband today designated the Chagos, a U.K. territory in the middle of the Indian Ocean, as a no-take marine reserve. This declaration will make it the largest marine protected area in the world, totaling more than 210,000 square miles (544,000 square kilometres), an area twice the size of [...]
Thousands Call on UK Government to Create World’s Largest Marine Reserve
08.03.2010 by chagosadminPress Release
More than 275,000 people and leading scientific and conservation organisations from the UK and around the world have called on the UK government to establish a protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is comprised of the Chagos Islands and its surrounding waters.
If established, the Chagos Protected Area would be the [...]
Final day of the consultation TODAY
05.03.2010 by chagosadminToday, Friday 5th March, is the deadline for responses to the public consultation on whether to establish a Marine Reserve in the Chagos archipelago. As visitors to this site will know, the Chagos Environment Network is working to encourage the government to designate a “no-take” reserve – i.e., one closed to extractive activities such as [...]
Avaaz petition launches
03.03.2010 by chagosadminAvaaz.org, the global online advocacy group, have just launched their own petition echoing the Chagos Environment Network’s call for the British government to designate a full protected Marine Reserve in the Chagos.
Avaaz has millions of supporters worldwide, and campaigns on a wide range of topics from climate change to human rights abuses. When they heard [...]
Greenpeace UK support a no-take MPA for Chagos!
02.03.2010 by chagosadminGreenpeace UK have just posted online their response to the consultation on whether to establish a Marine Protected Area in the Chagos. In this article, they confirm that they give their full support to the creation of a no-take Marine Reserve closed to commercial fishing, stating:
“Greenpeace believes that there is an overwhelming case for giving [...]
